THE CITY OF NEW YORK Exhibition of classic photographs portraying the iconic City Santa Fe--Monroe Gallery of Photography, 112 Don Gaspar, is pleased to announce the exhibition "The City Of New York", an extensive survey of more than 60 classic photographs portraying the iconic city as captured by renowned photographers. The exhibition opens with a public reception on Friday, February 6, from 5 to 7 PM. "The City Of New York" will continue through April 19. New York at night, c. 1940s The City of New York, most often called New York City, is the most populous city in the United States, in a metropolitan area that ranks among the world's most-populous urban areas. It is a leading global city, exerting a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, and entertainment. All of these features have made the City itself, its buildings, people, streets, and the daily human experience, a compelling subject for photographers for over 100 years. Gathered together in this exhibition for the first time are evocative photographs made by over 30 photographers, covering the gamut from iconic and monumental to tender and personal images. Featured in the exhibition are photographs by Berenice Abbott, Eddie Adams, Margaret Bourke-White, Cornell Capa, Ted Croner, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Vivian Cherry, Andreas Feininger, Paul Flaggmann, Ernst Haas, Brian Hamill, Bill Ray, Carolyn Schaefer, Steve Schapiro, and many, many others. Subjects photographed include the Empire State Building, The Chrysler Building, the old Pennsylvania Station, The Flatiron Building, the Statue of Liberty, Yankee Stadium, and the World Trade Towers; Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, John Lennon, Woody Allen; and the details of people on their daily rounds. Nightview, New York City, 1932 Apartment Building, New York, July 4, 1976 Chrysler Building, New York City, 1931 (c. Time Inc.) Workers at the World Trade Center construction, 1973 World Trade Center and Washington Square Arch, New York, 1998 Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor, 1952 Tearing down the Third Avenue EL, New York, c. 1955 Chelsea Stickball (Brooklyn Gang), New York, 1959, Photograph by Bruce Davidson Man Looking in Waste Basket, Coney Island, NY, 1945 Looking East on 41st Street, NYC, 1947 Queen Elizabeth in New York Harbor Diane Keaton and Woody Allen, 59th Street Bridge, New York, 1978, "Manhattan John Lennon, New York City, 1974 Brooklyn Dodger fans celebrating 1955 World Series victory, Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn Taxi, New York Night, 1947-48 Central Park South, 1947-48, Times Square reflections, NYC, 1962 Wrought Iron Design in Snow, NYC, 1945 Truman Capote ice skating in Rockefeller Center, 1959 New York Brownstones, 2002 Central Park, New York, 2002 Winter's Etching, Central Park, New York City "Chain Gang" of New York Stock Exchange Officers Carries Traded Securities Each Day to Banks and Brokerage Houses Three Men, New York, 1961 Men of the Garment District Read of President Roosevelt's Death, NYC, 1945 Farewell of Servicemen, Clock at Pennsylvania Station, New York, 1943 42 Street viewed from Weehauken, New Jersey Luna Park, New York, 1940 Click here to view our archived Gallery Showcase
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